Building My Trading Rig (A Documentary)

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Tums, Feb 23, 2008.

  1. #171     Apr 3, 2008
  2. Tums

    Tums

    No, it is Geek Porn. LOL.

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    #172     Apr 5, 2008
  3. Did you decide if you are going to overclock yet?
     
    #173     Apr 5, 2008
  4. Tums

    Tums

    It is fast enough for now.

    I might try it later.
     
    #174     Apr 6, 2008
  5. Tums

    Tums

    yw
     
    #176     Apr 14, 2008
  6. cosmic

    cosmic

    nice machine tums, my congrats.
    been using a q6600 (bit OC) myself now for MC & TS, does a superb job. was quite a challenge to build it quiet & cool, but now the monster is almost silent :)

    good trades,
    cosmic
     
    #177     Jun 3, 2008
  7. Tums

    Tums


    Thanks... it was a fun project. The machine ran flawlessly since day one. For most situations, the CPU loading was less than 5%.

    What steps did you take to make it quiet?
     
    #178     Jun 3, 2008
  8. Tums

    Tums

    Update...

    the CPU heatsink popped out of its place...
    the thermo sensor inside the CPU shut down the machine automatically, preventing a nuclear melt down.

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    I reset the heatsink... making sure the screws are doubly tight.
    I should have replaced the thermo paste, but I didn't have any on hand... and seeing the old paste is still "good"... and it was late at night... and I was in a hurry to get the machine up and running again, I took a gamble and just re-sit the fins.

    So far so good...
     
    #179     Oct 31, 2008